Spondylurus caicosae

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Scincoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Spondylurus
Species: Spondylurus caicosae

Name

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Spondylurus caicosae Hedges & Conn, 2012

Holotype: AMNH R-80126, an adult male, collected 10 February 1953 on Long Cay off South Caicos, Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos, by G. B. Rabb.

Type locality: Long Cay off South Caicos, Caicos Islands, Turks and Caicos.

Synonyms

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  • Mabuya mabouia —Barbour, 1935:129 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanii —Dunn, 1936:546 (part).
  • Mabuya sloanii —Grant, 1937:520 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouia —Barbour, 1937:147 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Thomas, 1975:141 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —MacLean et al., 1977:20 (part)
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Henderson, 1988:151 (part).
  • Mabuya mabouya sloanei —Schwartz & Henderson, 1991:457 (part).
  • Mabuya bistriata —Powell et al., 1996:82 (part).
  • Mabuya sloanii —Mayer & Lazell, 2000:883 (part).
  • Mabuya sloanii —Henderson & Powell, 2009:293 (part).

References

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  • Hedges, S.B. & Conn, C.E. 2012: A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa, 3288: 1–244. Preview.

Vernacular names

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English: Caicos Islands Skink